FamilySearch Find Of The Day: Bohemian 1717 Reichenbach-Möltzer Marriage

I've been doing more and more research into my Bohemian lines lately (they're ethnic Germans), and I'm finding more and more information. Thanks to FamilySearch initially for adding these records online, however I'm finding that the actual Litoměřice archives has digitized their collections and put them online themselves. Which I am extremely grateful for, because FamilySearch's collections seem to be missing a few register books here and there. You can also search for an exact town/community within the Litoměřice archives records, whereas you can only browse via FamilySearch. Both have their pros and cons, but I'm finding I prefer the Litoměřice archives much better. Faster loading images, also. Here is the record I found today:

Entry Number 2

Married on 31 January 1717; bachelor Johann Michäel Reichenbach of Waltersdorf and
virgin Elisabeth, deceased Christoph Möltzer gardener (farmer) in Waltersdorf' daughter.
Witness: Georg Wiesner, cottar in Nieder Politz and Christoph Hahnel, farmer in Waltersdorf.

Greene County, Tennessee Revolutionary War Land Grant: James Rodgers, 11 May 1792

North Carolina (Revolutionary War) Land Grants
Roll 12: Book 1
Ancestry.com image number 148 of 330
Page 284
(Greene County, Tennessee)

The State of North Carolina,
To all whom these Presents shall come. GREETING:

Know ye, that we, for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty Shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted, paid into our Treasury
By James Rodgers

Have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said James Rodgers a tract of land containing two hundred acres lying and being in our county of Greene on the north side of Nolachucky on Deals Branch of Lick Creek. Begining at a Spanish oak, white oak and dogwood. Thence east one hundred and ten poles to a white oak and ewe?. Thence south two hundred and forty poles to a white oak and black oak. Thence with said Rodgers line one hundred and thirty six poles to a stake. Thence to the begining. As by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear together with all woods, waters, mines, minerals, here did with and appurtenances to the said land belonging or appertaining to hold to the said James Rodgers his heirs and assigns forever yielding and paying to us such sums of money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly from time to time may direct provided always that the said James Rodgers shall cause this grant to be Registered in the Registers office of our said county of Greene within twelve months from the date here of other sum the same shall be void and of none effect.

In Testimony Whereof, we have caused these, our letters to be made patent and our Great Seal to be hereunto affixed.
Witness Alexander Martin
Esquire, our Governor, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief at Danbury this 11th day of May, in the 16th year of our Independence and in the year of our lord 1792.
By his Excellency's Command.
G. Glasgow, Secretary.
Alexander Martin (signed)

Surname Saturday #28: Szük

I've been interested in this family for quite some time now, mainly because of how rare and unique the surname is. I love when I'm working with a rare and uncommon surname in Hungary, it makes the records for that family "pop" out, and it makes the research just that much more exciting. Especially when no one has ever researched them before. The Szük family were of nobility, and here is their line:

1. Juliánna Szük
b. 25 Oct 1810, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
d. 21 Mar 1837, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. József Tóth; 29 Jan 1834, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

*Eszter Tóth, b. 19 Dec 1834, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Mária Tóth, 22 Sep 1836, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

2. Pál Szük
b. 21 Nov 1777, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
d. 15 May 1832, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
m. Éva Marjai; 02 Feb 1803, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Pál Szük, b. 29 Mar 1804, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*István Szük, b. 14 May 1806, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Rebekáh Szük, b. 01 Sep 1808, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Juliánna Szük, (above)
*Demeter Szük, b. 19 Mar 1813, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Erzsébet Szük, 02 Feb 1816, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*József Szük, b. 11 Apr 1819, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

3. István Szük
b. unknown (prior to creation of the parish's church registers), Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
d. no death entry ever found
m1. Zsuzsánna Fekete; 06 Feb 1771, Megyaszó, Zemplén, Hungary
m2. Mária Nyakó; 08 Feb 1796, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*István Szük, b. 27 Dec 1771, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*István Szük, b. 17 May 1772, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Erzsébet Szük, b. 15 Jun 1775, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*Pál Szük, (above)

*Mária Szük, b. 23 Oct 1779, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*Mária Szük, b. 28 Oct 1781, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Zsuzsánna Szük, b. 20 Mar 1784, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*András Szük, b. 27 Jul 1787, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*István Szük, b. 28 Aug 1790, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

4. András Szük

b. before 1704

d. after 1750, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

m. Erzsébet Miskolczy

*Erzsébet Szük, b. before 1738, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*András Szük, b. about 1738, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*Pál Szük, b. abt 1746, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*István Szük, b. before 1751, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary (above)

*Zsuzsánna Szük, b. 1753/1758, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

5. Demeter Szük

b. before 1670

d. between 1725/1755, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

m. unknown

*András Szük, (above)

Food & Genealogy: What Did Your Ancestors Eat?

On my way home from the grocery store today, I began to wonder what foods some of my ancestors would have eaten. In our present day and age, we have such an enormous  amount of options to pick from at our grocery stores, some that we didn't have even just a few years ago (like the interesting Ugli fruit that I discovered last year, a native citrus from Jamaica). I started thinking of each ethnic culture of my diverse mutt-like ancestry, and what some of their well-known dishes were of their cuisine. And then I began to think.. which of these dishes existed prior to the discovery of the Americas?

Hungary:

Naturally, I'm going to begin with Hungary. How could I not? :) Whether you're Hungarian or not, you must know of their national dish known all around the world: goulash (gulyás in Hungarian); you can find my recipe here. Two of the main ingredients in gulyás, paprika and potatoes, didn't reach Hungary until well after the discovery of the Americas. Paprika, or peppers, were originally cultivated and found in tropical areas of the Americas, whereas the potato is known to have its origins in Peru.

Italy:
It's extremely hard to think of Italy and not think of pasta with homemade tomato sauce, or pizza with that bright red tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella cheese and fresh basil. But neither existed prior to the discovery of the Americas; tomatoes are originally from the Andes mountain region. And then there's also polenta. That smooth, rich and creamy corn-meal dish made famous in Italy. Prior to the Old-World's discovery of corn/maize, they used various grains to make polenta; it sometimes included different kinds of flour, millet and spelt.

Poland:
Our dear, dear pierogies. I don't know anyone that doesn't like a good potato and onion pierogi; it's making me drool just thinking about it! As I mentioned above, the potato originated from Peru and was first cultivated by the Incas. So we must thank the ancient Incas for being the first to cultivate and hybridize the ancestors of our common potato. Did you know there's almost 4,000 varieties of potatoes?  Yum!

Ireland:
And the Irish! A genealogist hears potato, and they think of the Great Famine in Ireland, which spanned from 1845-1852. Many of you reading this article may be descendants of Famine emigrants; I know my uncle is!

If it weren't for the Incas, my uncle never would have been born.. and my grandmother may have never met my grandfather. Interesting to think about, huh?

Surname Saturday #27: Bódogh

The Bódogh family is by far my absolute favorite family I have ever researched, and am continually doing so. I became obsessed with anything to do with the Bódogh family in 2004, when I found within the Borsod county archives' nobility records, copies of nobility records pertaining to the Bódogh family's nobility investigation. It contained 118 documents full of details about the family.. and the best part, hand-drawn pedigrees of the Bódogh family tree! To date (29 Dec 2012), I have 1,607 known descendants of János Bódogh and his wife Anna Péterváradi, the earliest known progenitors of the Bódogh family. Here is my line to them:

1. Zsuzsánna Bódogh (noble)
b. 31 Jan 1816, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. 10 Feb 1878, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. László Tóth (noble); 15 Jan 1834, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Zsuzsánna Tóth, b. 11 Nov 1834, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Károly Á. Tóth, b. 09 Dec 1835, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Terézia Tóth, b. 29 Nov 1838, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

2. János Bódogh (noble)
b. abt 1782, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. 07 Mar 1854, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. Erzsébet Székely; 09 Jan 1805, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Terézia Bódogh, b. 15 Oct 1806, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Károly Bódogh, b. 16 Jul 1809, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Zsuzsánna Bódogh, (above)
*Imre Bódogh, b. 07 Nov 1821, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

3. Mihály Bódogh (noble)
b. abt 1744, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
d. 13 Jun 1816, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. Sára Varga; bef. 1770, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Sára Bódogh, b. abt 1770, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Mihály Bódogh, b. abt 1775, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Erzsébet Bódogh, b. abt 1776, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*János Bódogh, (above)
*Katalin Bódogh, b. abt 1782, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Zsuzsánna Bódogh, b. 1786, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Péter Bódogh, b.26 Jul 1788, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*István Bódogh, b. 17 Mar 1791, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

4. Péter Bódogh (noble)
b. abt 1699, Hungary (possibly Miskolcz, Borsod, Hungary; but no proof)
d. March 1775, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
m. (first name unknown) Molnár; 09 Feb 1723, Ónod, Borsod, Hungary
*Anna Bódogh, b. abt 1723, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
*Sára Bódogh, b. abt 1724, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
*Katalin Bódogh, b. abt 1735, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
*János Bódogh, b. abt 1737, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
*György Bódogh, b. abt 1737, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
*Mihály Bódogh, (above)
*Erzsébet Bódogh, b. date unknown, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary

5. Mihály Bódogh (noble)
b. unknown
d. after 13 Dec 1726, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
*János Bódogh, b. unknown
*Mihály Bódogh, b. abt 1686
*Sára Bódogh, b. aft. 1692
*Péter Bódogh, (above)
*István Bódogh, b. bef. 1702

6. unknown generation (noble)
b. unknown
d. unknown
m. unknown
*Péter Bódogh, b. unknown, d. Miskolcz or Tiszaszederkény
*Mihály Bódogh, (above)
*János Bódogh, b. unknown, d. Miskolcz or Tiszaszederkény

-GAP-

8. János Bódogh
b. unknown
d. aft 1593
m. unknown
*Mihály Bódogh, b. unknown, d. unknown (noble)
*Péter Bódogh, b. unknown, d. unknown (noble)
***Mihály and Péter were the originaly grantees of the Bódogh family patent of nobility, issued in 1611.

9. János Bódogh
b. unknown
d. bef. 19 Apr 1560
m. Anna Péterváradi (noble)
*János Bódogh, (above)
***There is a document dated 19 April 1560, written in Latin, that describes this family:

Ferdinandus Divina favente Clementia electus Romanorum Imperator, semper Augustus, ac Germaniæ, Hungariæ, Bohemiæ Rex &c. FideH noftro Magnifico Stanislao Thurzo , Comiti Comitatus Scepusienfis, Salutem, & Gratiam. Expofitum est Majestati nostræ in persona Nobilis Dominæ Anna, Relictæ quondam Joannis Bodogh, Sororis fidelis nostri Reverendi, quondam Blasii de Varadino Petri, Episcopi Vaciensis, ac Præpofiti Scepufienfis ; quemadmodum tu defuncto Episcopo nostro dicto Vacienfi , statim universæ res ejus in Præpositura sua Scepusiensi existentes, in arcem istam tuam Scepusiensem adduci fecisses, ac ab eo tempore omnes Proventus quoque illius Præposituræ percepisles, supplicando Majestati nostræ humillime, ut ei superinde gratiose providere dignaremur. Quare nos supplicatione ejusdem clementer exaudita, quoniam nos testamentum præfati Episcopi Vaciensis clementer confirmavimus, nolumusque eandem Dominam rebus Fratris quondam sui, sibi per eum lega'js privari, fidelitati tuæ harum serie firmissime committimus, & mandamus, quatenus acceptis præsentibus, dictæ Dominae universas res per te ablatas, cujuscunque materiæ existant, statim, & fine ulla difficultate integre, & sine omni defectu reddere, ac restituere; reliquos autem Proventus ejusdem Præposuuræ post mortem memorati Episcopi Vaciensis per te perceptos, futuro Præposito Scepusiensi resignare debeas, & tenearis, secus nullo modo facturus. Præ/entibus perlectis exhibenti restitutis. Datum Viennae XIX. die Aprilis Anno Domini MDLX.

The line "persona Nobilis Dominæ Anna, Relictæ quondam Joannis Bodogh, Sororis fidelis nostri Reverendi, quondam Blasii de Varadino Petri" states "the noblewoman Anna, widow of the deceased Joannis Bodogh, sister of our faithful Reverend the descend Blasii de Varadino Petri (Péterváradi Balázs or Balázs de Pétervárad)".

FamilySearch Find Of The Day: Naturalization Card of Amelia (Stec) Bogusz

The other day, I was pretty excited to see the addition/update of the FamilySearch database "Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977"! I was able to locate the index card for my 2nd-great-grandmother's naturalization papers. I'll be heading to the National Archives sometime next week, after the holidays are over, to retrieve copies of her naturalization papers. I'm kind of excited to see what's listed on them, even though I know everything that they'll state. But you never know!


Date Recorded: 17 November 1953
Office Number: 187417
Name: (Mrs.) Amilia Bogusz
Address: 9003 Leisy Ave.
City: Cleveland
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio
Subject of: Poland
Date Naturalized: 21 November 1952
Court: U.S. District
Remarks: Naturalized Herself
Born: 05 June 1887
Age When Naturalized: 66
Age When Recorded: 66
Certificate Number: 7080201
Vol. ~
Number: 114648
Official Attestor: C. B. Watkins, Clerk
Wife's Name: ~
Minor Children: ~
Signature or Holder: Amilia Bogusz (her signature)
In State: 32 years
In County: 32 years
In City: 32 years

FamilySearch Find Of The Day: Marriage License of Jacob Blum & Helena Huber

Jacob Blum is my 3rd-great-grand-uncle. He was born on 27 Apr 1868, in Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany. He is the son of Georg Blum and his 3rd wife, Katharina Schneider. I descend through Georg Blum's 2nd wife, Barbara Schneider (2nd cousin of Katharina).


Page 297
Number 996
Marriage License

State of California
County of Sonoma
These Presents are to authorize and license any Justice of the Supreme Court, or Superior Judge, Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Priest or Minister of the Gospel of any denomination, to solemnize within said County the Marriage of Jacob Blum, native of Germany, age 30 years, resident of Butte, County of Silver Bow, State of Montana, and Miss Helena Huber, native of Germany, age 27 years, resident of Santa Rosa, County of Sonoma, State of California. Said parties being of sufficient age to be capable of contracting marriage.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Court, this Twenty Fourth day of November, A.D. 1899.
Somers B. Fulton, County Clerk
By M. g. Hall, Deputy Clerk

State of California
County of Sonoma
I Hereby Certify, that I believe the facts stated in the above license to be true, and that upon due inquiry there appears to be no impediment to the Marriage of said Jacob Blum and Helena Huber, that said parties were joined in Marriage by me the Thirtieth day of November A.D. 1899 at Santa Rosa, in said County and State. That, John Wistuba a resident of Santa Rosa, County of Sonoma, State of California, and Emila Huber, a resident of Santa Rosa, County of Sonoma, State of California, were present as witnesses of said ceremony.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this Thirtieth day of November A.D. 1899
J. M. Cassin, Catholic Priest, Santa Rosa, Cal.

Recorded at the request of J. M. Cassin this 8 day of Dec. A.D. 1899, at 30 min. past 2 o'clock P.M.
F. L. Wright, County Recorded
By Vernon Goodwin, Deputy Recorded